Improved wooden burial-case



"""J'OSEPH GAWnE-R, or WASHINGTON, DISTRICT 0F COLUMBIA. Lem@ Paumlva 89,982, lumi May 11, 1869- i nnsovnnwoonnn scrum-casu.

` The Schedule referred te; in these Letterq'Patent'and 'making part of the lame.

- To allwhom'itma/yconccm: j r I Beit known that lI, J osnB'H GAWLER, of the city i of Washington, county of Washington, and District of Golumbia, have invented a new and. improved Wooden Burial-Oase; .and I do hereby declare 'that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

forming part of this specification, and -to' the letters` of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 rcpresentsaside elevation thereof; Figure 2, a plan of the body of the case; and

i Figure 3, an end View of the face-'cover of they moulded top.

The nature of my invention consists in the construe p tion of a wooden moulded-top'and round--head burialcase, the body of which is composed of 1three pieces only, eect'ing not only in its construction, but like-V 1 wise that of the top, great strength, beauty of finish, and economy"7 of material.

To enable. others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed -to'describe the mannerA i i one way, renders them susceptible of a hlgher finish of its construction. v The' sides A of the case are continuous, without joint at its headaud are cutout of a single piece of stui, running-from foot to foot, as seen in lig. 2.

The portion of said stui designed for the head of i the case is turned to the required shape by means of Y i kerfs c, half an inch apart about the head, andgradually increasing to a distance of one and a half inch apart as they approach the sides of the case. It is then strengthened by means of wedges driven into each p kerf after the sides are secured to the bottom, B.

v,The top` of the case' I construct in the following manner:

l, The lower moulding O is gotten out of five-eighths` Y Y inch stuff, and sawed into the shape of the con.`

The piece D, composing the upper portion of the top,

is sawed out of the inside of the lower moulding C,

thus eoonomizing material, whilst the middle mouldingE is composed, of two-inch, one-inch, or half-inch stud', and' so moulded as to conform to `the shape of the coffin. The top, therefore, is composed of three' pieces, with but one joint in the middle moulding, and twomitres. v i

I am aware that metallic burial-cases of similar round-head shape are in common use, but my inventionv consists in effecting the same shape in Wooden `casjes by v`meansof a single piece of stuif, prepared as described. Gases so constructed have no tfonly greater strength than the ordinarily-made wooden coffin, but by reason of the grain of the continuous sides running than can be otherwiseobtained.

Having thus fully descu'bedmy invention, What I claim as new, and desire to 'secure by Letters Patent of the United States', is-

, The above-described improvement in bural-cases. Witnesses: JOSEPH GAWLER.V

1 T. DRURY, v

J ons B. HARRISON. 

